Barrette.



PATENTED JULY 9, 1907.

W. S. BEOHTOLD.

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WILLlAM S. BEOHTOLD, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BARRETTE.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

- Applicati n fil d November 21,1906. Serial No. 344,446.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM S. BECHTOLD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrettes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a novel bar-pin or barrette for keeping tidy the hair on a woman s head, and has for its object a barrette which will keep the loose and stray hair away from the neck and can be securely held within the hair.

For this purpose my invention consists of a barrette comprising a slotted back or body portion, or a slotted abutment, and means adapted to hold the hair in the said slot.

The nature of my invention will best be understood in connection with the accompanying drawings in Which Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of barrette. Figs. 2 and 3 are end views of the barrette shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of Fig. 1 on the line 44. Fig. 5 is a plan view of barrette with spring abutment. Fig. 6 is a sectional View of Fig. 5 on the line 66. Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing a modified form of abutment.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, 10 indicates a frame of celluloid, tortoise shell or the like and forming the back or body portion of my improved hair retainer. Upon this back is the longitudinal slot 11 its edges preferably rounded to prevent the cutting of the hair and forming an abutment 12. This slot may also be formed in a longitudinal cross-piece 13 forming an abutment integral with frame 10 as shown in Fig. 5. This crosspiece is preferably narrow and concave and made somewhat springy.

At one end of the frame 10 is provided a hinge piece 14 and at the other end a hook 15. A tongue or pin 16 conforming to the slot 11 is pivoted to the hinge piece 14 and is adapted to be locked in said hook 15 and to fit the said slot when so locked. This tongue or pin when locked in the hook 15 holds the hair in the slot 11 and presses it firmly against the abutment formed by the said slot. The hair thus becomes firmly locked in the slot and the barrette itself securely held thereby.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a modified form of abutment, it being in the form of a slotted ridge upon the back 10. I do not wish, however to restrict myself to any particular form of abutment or slot, as my invention consists essentially in the combination of a slotted frame, or a slotted abutment, with means to hold the hair in said slot.

This application is for a specific improvement of the broad invention shown, described, and claimed in applicants co-pending application, Serial No. 344,445, filed November 21, 1906.

I claim:

A barrette or hair retainer, comprising a concave back or body portion, a narrow tongue or pin composed of a single piece pivotally connected to said back and conforming to the concavity of the back, said back or body portion having a narrow slot slightly wider than the width of the tongue and the edges of the slot forming a longitudinal abutment, said tongue being adapted to fit said slot and hold the hair therein and against the edges of said abutment.

Signed at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey this 19th day of November, A. D. 1906.

Fnnok F. SCHUETZ, SALLY O. YUDIZKY. 

